Nathan Smith (ice hockey player)

Nathan Smith
Date of birth	February 9, 1982
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	center
number	# 9
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 1st lap, 23rd position Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1998-2002	Swift Current Broncos
2002-2007	Manitoba mosses
2007-2008	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2008-2009	Lake Erie Monsters
2009-2010	Houston Eros
2010-2011	Augsburg panther
2011–2012	Syracuse crunch

Nathan Smith (born February 9, 1982 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who was last under contract with the Syracuse Crunch in the American Hockey League .

Career

Nathan Smith began his career as a hockey player with the Swift Current Broncos , for which he was active from 1998 to 2002 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the first round as a total of 23 players by the Vancouver Canucks . From 2002 to 2007 he was a regular on their farm team Manitoba Moose in the American Hockey League . He was also occasionally for Vancouver in the National Hockey League used, in which he played a total of eight games for the British Columbia team during this period. On July 12, 2007, the center signed a contract as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins . Their AHL farm team Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins , he led as team captain in the 2007/08 season in the playoff final for the Calder Cup , but had to admit defeat in this with his team the Chicago Wolves . He was also on the ice 13 times for Pittsburgh in the NHL in the regular season.

For the 2008/09 season Smith signed a contract as a free agent with the Colorado Avalanche , but was then only used for their AHL farm team Lake Erie Monsters . In the following season he scored 37 scorer points in 67 games for the Houston Eros , including 14 goals. In addition, he completed another nine games in the NHL. For the 2010/11 season , the Canadian was signed by the Augsburg Panthers from the German Ice Hockey League . In the Panthers, he immediately became team captain and finished last with his team at the end of the season. In August 2011, the offensive player was signed by the Syracuse Crunch , after 18 games he ended his career due to injury.

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 CHL Top Prospects Game

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	5	26th	0	0	0	14th
NHL playoffs	1	4th	0	0	0	0
AHL regular season	9	490	87	124	211	491
AHL playoffs	4th	56	10	19th	29	97
DEL main round	1	52	4th	12	16	42
DEL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Nathan Smith at hockeydb.com (English)
• Nathan Smith at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Nathan Smith at eliteprospects.com (English)